Marvin & Sybil Weiner Undergraduate Essay Prizes in the Humanities

Through its annual essay contest, the Penn Humanities Forum, in association with the Penn Library, recognizes outstanding essays on issues that address broad humanistic concerns, related to the Forum's yearly theme. Calls for Essays are announced in early Fall of each academic year, with the first-place winner presenting his or her paper at an annual symposium held that Spring.

Essays from 2007

On Inaction, Nikhil Nirmel

The Pharmaceutical Paradox: Helping and Harming the Developing World, Robert Strain

Essays from 2006

Franklin's Ivy Leagues and the Junto of Education, Gena Katz

If Ben Had His Way: Of Virtue, Wit, and Wisdom, Dvorit Mausner

Spark, Tal Raviv